# So, a bobcat walks into a bar... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884 "2009-03-26T17:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/1 "2009-03-26T17:13:53Z")
[and attacks the patrons](http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/3/26/453084.html)! > [@](#): > > COTTONWOOD, Ariz. (AP) – A bobcat has attacked three people in the central Arizona community of Cottonwood, including two men who were bitten by the animal after it wandered inside a bar. > > Officers called to the Chapparal Bar arrived to find the bobcat in the parking lot, where they shot and killed it. Man, those Arizona bars are tough. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/2 "2009-03-26T17:20:01Z")
So the bartender says, “We don’t get many bobcats in here” and the bobcat says “It’s no wonder at these prices and the getting shot and killed in the parking lot thing is not a big draw either.” Poor kitty was just out for a walk looking for a pizza and a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/3 "2009-03-26T17:24:38Z")
That’s why pandas are better criminals. They don’t stick around after the crime. They eat shoots and leaves. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/4 "2009-03-26T17:31:45Z")
So a bobcat walks into a bar, goes up to the first patron he sees and says “Have you met my mother?” Patron replies:“no”. Bobcat: “Then meet my paw!” \*\*SLASH! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/5 "2009-03-26T17:34:38Z")
I hope they name a drink after it. What’s in a Bobcat? \*Just a couple of shots. \* ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/6 "2009-03-26T17:48:13Z")
Bobcat: Why am I suddenly feeling so sleepy? Bartender: Well, that _was_ the bar bitch you ate… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/7 "2009-03-26T17:53:37Z")
A buddy of mine had a [rather unpleasant encounter](http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/071502/D7KP874O2.html) with one of those suckers several years ago. It’s amazing how many times you have to kill them before they actually get the message and die. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/8 "2009-03-26T17:54:02Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Bobcat: Why am I suddenly feeling so sleepy? > > Bartender: Well, that _was_ the bar bitch you ate… Dangit, I was gonna say this one… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/9 "2009-03-26T17:57:31Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > A buddy of mine had a [rather unpleasant encounter](http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/071502/D7KP874O2.html) with one of those suckers several years ago. It’s amazing how many times you have to kill them before they actually get the message and die. Jeebus! What were the test results - did it have rabies? I’ve never heard of an animal attacking with that level of tenacity unless it was rabid. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/10 "2009-03-26T18:47:33Z")
So, a bobcat limps into a bar on three legs. The bartender says, “Can I help you?” “Yeah,” says the bobcat. “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/11 "2009-03-26T18:52:47Z")
Good thing it wasn’t a cougar! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/12 "2009-03-26T18:53:31Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > A buddy of mine had a [rather unpleasant encounter](http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/071502/D7KP874O2.html) with one of those suckers several years ago. It’s amazing how many times you have to kill them before they actually get the message and die. > [@Jacksonville.com](#): > > **The carcass of a bobcat that attacked a hiker** , charged a park ranger’s truck and lunged at another ranger in Rock Springs Run State Preserve is being tested for rabies, officials said Monday. I’ll say! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/13 "2009-03-26T19:33:11Z")
Just a minute here: Aren’t bobcats those cute little rascals with tufty ears? I just Googled, they are sooooo cute and you rotten lot killed him ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/14 "2009-03-26T19:34:58Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > Just a minute here: > > Aren’t bobcats those cute little rascals with tufty ears? [Yep.](http://images.google.ca/images?q=bobcat&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=wtjLSdT9A5PpnQeb4sjoCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/15 "2009-03-26T19:41:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > [Yep.](http://images.google.ca/images?q=bobcat&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=wtjLSdT9A5PpnQeb4sjoCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title) Like I said, cute as hell ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/16 "2009-03-26T19:45:41Z")
Pardon me, Roy, is that the cat that ate your new shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/17 "2009-03-26T20:00:55Z")
One of my favorite series of photos ever posted on this site - close encounters between **KlondikeGeoff** ’s cat and a young [bobcat](http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/KlondikeGeoff/bobcat/). ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/18 "2009-03-26T20:05:16Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Good thing it wasn’t a cougar! Last I heard Cougars are very welcome in just about any bar. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/19 "2009-03-26T20:07:55Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Last I heard Cougars are very welcome in just about any bar. The impression I got from the younger set was that cougars were not considered that attractive. However, as I am that age, I might disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884/20 "2009-03-26T20:15:47Z")
Eh, that’s nothing. We get Bobcats in the bars around here all the time. Grizzlies don’t get a very friendly reception around here, but we mostly only see them once every couple of years when it’s a home game for us. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-bobcat-walks-into-a-bar/490884.md?page=2)